On July 12, 1214, Philip II Augustus, the King
of France, defeated the combined forces of emperor Otto IV, the count of
Flanders, and King John of England, near Bouvines in northern France. For
a detailed analysis of this battle, see the Xenophon
Group Military History Database. Several sources give detailed
accounts of the battle.

These translations were all originally published in The
Legend of Bouvines: War, Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages, by Georges
Duby, translated by Catherine Tihanyi (University of California Press,
1990). We thank Catherine Tihanyi for allowing us to republish this material.